SUMMER 2009 MCL SHORT COURSE DETAILS
PARTICULATE SOLIDS: THEIR PROPERTIES AND MEANS OF MEASURMENT
Wednesday, August 19 from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Room 106, The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College PA
Course Description
This course was an introduction to the properties of particulate solids and the means of measuring them. These properties may often be vastly different from those of the bulk solids from which they were derived, and yet they are of critical importance in material synthesis. Furthermore, individual particle characteristics may be different from the bulk properties of groups of particles. Attendees learned about the various instruments available at the MRI Particle Characterization Lab and their respective capabilities and applications.
Course Outline
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- Introduction
- Particle Sizing, General
- Sizing, Laser Diffraction
- Sizing, Light Scattering
- Sedimentation, Density, Porosity
- Double Layer, Zeta Potential
- Suspension Rheology
- MCL Equipment/Capabilities
- Contacts
- Discussion/Questions
Instructor
R. Malek, Research Associate in charge of the Materials Research Institute Particle Characterization user facility, has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and more than thirty years experience in particle synthesis and characterization. He taught abroad and worked in industry (BASF, Germany) before joining Penn State.